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In this program, you’ll analyze real data and build financial models for trading. Whether you want to pursue a new job in finance, launch yourself on the path to a quant trading career, or master the latest AI applications in quantitative finance, this program offers you the opportunity to master valuable data and AI skills.
Complete real-world projects designed by industry experts, covering topics from asset management to trading signal generation. Master AI algorithms for trading, and build your career-ready portfolio.
Overview
Syllabus
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- Basic Quantitative Trading
- Learn about market mechanics and how to generate signals with stock data. Work on developing a momentum-trading strategy in your first project.
- Advanced Quantitative Trading
- Learn the quant workflow for signal generation, and apply advanced quantitative methods commonly used in trading.
- Stocks, Indices, and ETFs
- Learn about portfolio optimization, and financial securities formed by stocks, including market indices, vanilla ETFs, and Smart Beta ETFs.
- Factor Investing and Alpha Research
- Learn about alpha and risk factors, and construct a portfolio with advanced optimization techniques.
- Sentiment Analysis with Natural Language Processing
- Learn the fundamentals of text processing, and analyze corporate filings to generate sentiment-based trading signals.
- Advanced Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning
- Learn to apply deep learning in quantitative analysis and use recurrent neural networks and long short-term memory to generate trading signals.
- Combining Multiple Signals
- Learn advanced techniques to select and combine the factors you’ve generated from both traditional and alternative data.
- Simulating Trades with Historical Data
- Learn to refine trading signals by running rigorous back tests. Track your P&L while your algorithm buys and sells.